P. Bressan Alto F Recorder by Martin Wenner Material:European Boxwood Bass flutes are a two-piece

Bass flutes are a two-piece construction

amaranth Fingering Baroque Features double holes

as well as the extended note range

It was manufactured out of boxwood around the year 1720

and a variety of other items

P. Bressan Alto F Recorder by Martin Wenner Material:European Boxwood Bass flutes are a two-piecePierre Jaillard Bressan (1663 1731) moved from France to England in 1688 and established himself in London, where he mainly made recorders. His instruments tended to have thick ivory mounts which he added on to his recorders after applying the golden ratio to cut them. Preserved original Bressan recorders can be found in many English museums, but also among the collection of Frans Bruggen, Amsterdam, on which this Wenner copy is modelled. Bruggen used